# تصور
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Mediopassive of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, “to form, depict, to photograph”), from the root ص و ر (ṣ w r).

#### Verb

تَصَوَّرَ • (taṣawwara) V (non-past يَتَصَوَّرُ (yataṣawwaru), verbal noun تَصَوُّر (taṣawwur))
* to be or become formed, fashioned, figured, shaped, sculptured, pictured, portrayed, photographed
* (transitive) to imagine, to conceive (something)
    Synonym: تَخَيَّلَ (taḵayyala)
* (ditransitive) to think (something, someone) to be (something, someone)
* to appear in one's mind as an image
* to seem (لِ (li) someone)
* to fall (as a result of being struck)
* to photograph oneself

##### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “صور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
* Mace, John (2007) “تصور”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

تَصَوُّر • (taṣawwur) m (plural تَصَوُّرَات (taṣawwurāt))
* verbal noun of تَصَوَّرَ (taṣawwara) (form V)
* imagination
* idea, concept
* conception

##### Derived terms

* قَابِل لِلتَّصَوُّر (qābil li-t-taṣawwur, “imaginable”)
* غَيْر قَابِل لِلتَّصَوُّر (gayr qābil li-t-taṣawwur, “unimaginable”)
* ضَعِيف اَلتَّصَوُّر (ḍaʕīf at-taṣawwur, “unimaginative”)

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: təsəvvür
* → Persian: تصور (tasavvor)
** → Urdu: تصور (tasavvur)
*** → Phalura: tasawúr bhíi
* → Ottoman Turkish: تصور (tasavvur)
** > Turkish: tasavvur (inherited)
** → Crimean Tatar: tasavur
* → Uyghur: تەسەۋۋۇر (tesewwur)
* → Uzbek: tasavvur

##### References

* Mace, John (2007) “تصور”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

تصور (form II)
* تُصَوِّرُ (tuṣawwiru) /tu.sˤaw.wi.ru/: inflection of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
* تُصَوَّرُ (tuṣawwaru) /tu.sˤaw.wa.ru/: inflection of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
* تُصَوِّرَ (tuṣawwira) /tu.sˤaw.wi.ra/: inflection of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
* تُصَوَّرَ (tuṣawwara) /tu.sˤaw.wa.ra/: inflection of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
* تُصَوِّرْ (tuṣawwir) /tu.sˤaw.wir/: inflection of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
* تُصَوَّرْ (tuṣawwar) /tu.sˤaw.war/: inflection of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

## Moroccan Arabic

* Root
* ص و ر
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic تَصَوَّرَ (taṣawwara).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tsˤaw.war/

### Verb

تصور • (tṣawwar) V (non-past يتصور (yitṣawwar))
* (intransitive) to be or become pictured, portrayed, photographed
    فهاد التصويرة كنت تصورت وآنا مريض مع ما كنتش متعود على داك البرد.f-hād et-taṣwīra kunt tṣawwart w-ʔāna mrīḍ mʕa ma kuntši mitʕawwad ʕla dāk el-bardIn this photograph, I was photographed while I was sick because I wasn't used to the cold.
* (intransitive) to imagine, to conceive (something)
    Synonyms: تخيل (tḵayyal), تخايل (tḵāyal)
    تصور باللي حنا غير بزاقل قدام الراسماليين الكبار فهاد البلاد.tṣawwar b-elli ḥna ḡīr bzāqil quddām er-rāsmāliyyīn le-kbār f-hād le-blād.Imagine that we are only pawns for the big capitalists in this country.
    تصور راسك فبلاصته وعاد هدر.tṣawwar rāsek fe-blāṣtu w-ʕād hdar.Imagine yourself in his place then talk.
* (ditransitive) to think (something, someone) to be (something, someone)
    تصورتك راجل. ― tṣawwartek rājil. ― I thought you were a man.
* (intransitive) to photograph oneself

#### Conjugation
## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ص و ر
* 3 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic تصَوَّر.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tsˤaw.war/, [ɪtˈsˤɑw.wɑrˤ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

تصوّر • (tṣawwar) V (present بتصوّر (bitṣawwar))
* passive of صوّر (ṣawwar): to be photographed
* to photograph, to take a picture (of oneself)

#### Conjugation
## Urdu
### Etymology

From Arabic تَصَوَّرَ (taṣawwara).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /t̪ə.səʋ.ʋʊɾ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʊɾ

### Noun

تَصَوُّر • (tasavvur) ? (Hindi spelling तसव्वुर)
* imagination, contemplation, reflection, conception, fantasy